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  Catholic, mainline churches losing great proportion of childhood adherents

  One in four young adults choose "unaffiliated" when asked about their religion, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Interfaith relations focus on friendship, pastors say

  Interfaith dialogue is on the rise—not just in formal conversations led by religious leaders, but also in local communities where friendships form as ministers of various faiths work together for common goals amid increasing religious diversity in the Bible belt.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Seminary archaeology team makes key find

  A recent archaeological discovery by a New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary team never will be displayed in a museum, but it is as significant as many from the Holy Land that fill the finest antiquity halls around the world. And it is much, much larger.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Funderburk completes 40 years of South Plains College ministry

  Arlano Funderburk plans to retire in August after 40 years as director of the Baptist Student Union at South Plains College.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Dozens of Catholic universities, dioceses and other institutions filed lawsuits in courts around the country recently in a coordinated effort, spearheaded by the U.S. hierarchy and Catholic conservatives, to overturn the Obama administration's contraception mandate plan.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU students find hugs, attention cross language barriers in Brazil

  A 21-member student group from Dallas Baptist University who participated in a weeklong mission trip to Atibaia, Brazil, learned language creates no barrier to being the hands and feet of Christ.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Former bar became home to Red River Cowboy Church

  Kerry Finley had no intention of starting a cowboy church in an empty glass-front bar and liquor store in Burkburnett. But God had other plans.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Is Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng a pro-life activist?

  When blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a daring escape from house arrest and found refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, he instantly became a popular hero in the West and a rallying point for human rights activists everywhere. But claims that he is a Christian as well as an anti-abortion activist apparently are not true.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist named deputy chief of Air Force chaplains

  Bobby Page, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain, has been confirmed as second-in-command over Air Force chaplains.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Rock formations in Jordan possibly world’s first calendar

  Baptist University of the Américas professor David Maltsberger and his archaeological team think they may have found the world's oldest calendar.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Loss of faith: From Pentecostal pastor, to universalist, to atheist

  Jerry DeWitt went from a respected pastor with a vibrant congregation to an atheist without a job. His congregation put him out, friends cut him off and some family members will not speak to him, he said.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  For ministers, lost faith can lead to lost family, jobs

  Teresa MacBain was pastor of a 200-member Methodist church in Tallahassee, Fla. Now she's the the latest "graduate" of The Clergy Project, an online support network for pastors who, like her, have lost their faith and embraced atheism.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator